P5 Moon Phases & Constellation

What is a constellation?

• A group of patterns that form a star

• A group of stars that form a pattern

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• A star

How were constellations originally named and identified?

• by their brightness

• by their distance from the Earth

• Longitude and latitude

• By the patterns they form in the sky

What is the name of this constellation?

• Big dipper

• Orion

• Southern Cross

• Scorpion

What is the name of this constellation?

• Southern Cross

• Big dipper

• Orion

• Scorpion

• Scorpio

What is the pattern of this constellation?

• Kite

• Ladle

• Hunter

• Big dipper

What is the pattern for this constellation?

• Big dipper

• Southern Cross

• Kite

• Hunter

Which constellation shows harvesting season?

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Which constellation shows planting season?

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If you are lost at southern hemisphere, which constellation to look out for direction?

• Big dipper

• Southern cross

• Orion

• Scorpio

People in ancient time relied on constellations. Which is NOT a way that people used constellations to tell time?

• farmers studied constellations to mark seasons

• sailors used constellations to steer their ships at night

• people used constellation to tell when a weather can be fair or bad.

• construction workers used constellations to build roads